Chemical spill brings West Virginia capital to standstill

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press
Jim Cole of Exeter, N.H., gets the last few bottles of water Thursday at a Kroger supermarket in South Charleston, W.Va., following a chemical spill on the Elk River that compromised the public water supply to eight counties.

CHARLESTON, W.Va.—A chemical spill left the water for 300,000 people in and around West Virginia’s capital city stained blue-green and smelling like licorice, with officials sayin...